Sullivans Dam
A 0.9-mile mountain bike trail that makes a loop in Otago, New Zealand.
- 0.9 mi
- loop
- 284 ft
- climb
- Easy
- difficulty
- Dirt
- surface
Sullivans Dam is a 0.9-mile mountain bike trail that makes a loop in Otago, New Zealand. It runs between about 980 ft and 1,060 ft above sea level, with roughly 280 ft of climbing over the route. It is rated easy for riding (mtb:scale 0): a smooth surface with no particular obstacles. Most of the way is dirt. The nearest town is Dunedin, about 4.6 miles north of the start. Peaks within about 3 miles include Pigeon Hill, Mount Cargill and Buttars Peak. Nichols waterfall is within about 3 miles. For camping, Leith Valley Touring Park and MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin are within about 6 miles. There are 2 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the trail shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trail access for bikes, closures and conditions change, so check locally before you ride.
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Photo: (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Sullivans Dam
~0 min drive
Mount Cargill
~3 min drive
Nichols waterfall
~3 min drive
Ben Rudds Hut
~5 min drive
MYHUB Holiday Parks Dunedin
~8 min drive
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Sullivans Dam for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
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